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Theatre
Asian
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Del Arte
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Ancient
Theatre
Medieval/
Restoration
Shakespearean
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This form of drama originated in
the 6th century to honor their
gods during a festival dedicated
to the god of wine and fertility.
Ancient Theatre 100
What is Greek Theatre?
Ancient Theatre 100
This is generally symbolic of a character's identity
or emotions being expressed.
These were used to identify the gender and
character (women's roles were performed by men
in early Greek drama). Each was designed to allow
the audience to also identify the age and social
rank of the character.
In addition to the actor, there might be a chorus
which also wore these.
The dramatic structure of Greek plays allowed
actors to exit the stage to change these, while the
chorus remained to perform for the audience.
Ancient Theatre 200
What is a dramatic mask?
Ancient Theatre 200
Identify these definitions in order
The actors who were not well respected.
Athena's Theatres.
Circus Like Entertainment
Ancient Theatre 300
What is Histriones, Fabula
Athena, & Etruscan Theatre?
Ancient Theatre 300
Identify these definitions in order
- a hymn devoted to the god of pleasure and wine,
Dynosos
- an active agent who arrives unexpectedly to solve a
problem and/ or rescue the protagonist; usually a
Greek god
- a mythical being who’s half human, half goat
Ancient Theatre 400
What is Dythramb, Deus ex
Machina, Satyr?
Ancient Theatre 400
Name two Similarities & two
differences between
Greek & Roman Theatre
Ancient Theatre 500
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Similarities
Most of Roman culture
had been influenced by
the Greeks, including
theatre.
Both forms of theatre
were intended to tell a
story, mainly a myth
about a hero or their
gods.
Both theatres primarily
had a cast and audience
composed of only males.
Also actors in both forms
had to wear masks.
Differences
• The Greeks built permanent
theatres, The Romans only built
theatres for performances, then tore
them down afterwards.
• Greeks were known to have a chorus in
any form of theatre, Romans had
eliminated the chorus in theatre.
Chorus area became additional seating.
• Greek theatre aimed to serve a religious
purpose, Roman theatre aimed to
entertain.
• Greeks Never had violence on the
stage, Roman were less about story and
more about the violence
Ancient Theatre 500
_________ refers to the theatre in the
period between the fall of the Western
Roman Empire in the 5th century A.D.
and the beginning of the Renaissance in
approximately the 15th century A.D. It
covers all drama produced in Europe over
that thousand year period and refers to a
variety of genres, including liturgical
drama, mystery plays, morality plays,
farces and masques.
Medieval/Restoration 100
What is Medieval Theatre?
Medieval/Restoration 100
____________ banned performances of
plays, as an attempt to curb the remains
of Roman theatre. In turn, the arts
moved to mimes, jugglers, bards and
storytellers. Hardly any records of these
performers remain.
Medieval/Restoration 200
What is
The Catholic Church?
Medieval/Restoration 200
The 3 M’s of Religious
Vernacular Drama
Medieval/Restoration 300
What are
Mystery, Miracle & Morality
plays?
Medieval/Restoration 300
In 1660 Charles II was restored as king
and theatre required a fresh start as acting
groups had been disbanded years before.
His actions lead to…
Medieval/Restoration 400
What is Restoration Theatre?
Medieval/Restoration 400
Soon after the restoration movement
woman began to be recognized as
writers in Drama.
One of the first was _________, who
was established as one of the most
industrious female playwrights,
writing 18 plays which were highly
successful.
Medieval/Restoration 500
What is Mrs. Aphra Behn?
Medieval/Restoration 500
Set against Medieval English history. The Shakespeare
__________ dramatize the Hundred Years War with
France and therefore comprises the Henry Tetralogy,
Richard II, Richard III and King John – many of which
feature the same characters at different ages.
Not always accurate. In writing theses plays,
Shakespeare was not attempting to render an accurate
picture of the past. Rather, he was writing for the
entertainment of his theater audience and therefore
molded events to suit their prejudices.
Shakespearean Theatre 100
What is Shakespearean
Tragedy?
Shakespearean Theatre 100
• A greater emphasis on situations than characters.
• A struggle of young lovers to overcome difficulty,
often presented by elders.
• Separation and reunification.
• Deception of characters.
• Interesting climax often with an unexpected twist
Multiple, intertwining plots
Use of all styles of comedy
Pastoral element, originally an element of Pastoral
Romance, exploited by Shakespeare for his comic
plots and often parodied there in for humorous effects
Ending everyone gets married
Shakespearean Theatre 200
What is a
Shakespearean Comedy?
Shakespearean Theatre 200
a noble protagonist that is put through
stressful situations which causes death.
The plots focus on the reverse of
fortune of the central characters which
leads to their ruin and ultimately,
death.
Shakespearean Theatre 300
What is Shakespearean Tragedy?
Shakespearean Theatre 300
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Shakespearean Theatre 400
Name 2 of Shakespeare’s
Comedies
Tragedies
Histories
Shakespearean Theatre 400
Comedies: All's Well That Ends Well, As You Like It,
The Comedy of Errors, Love's Labour's Lost, Measure for Measure,
The Merchant of Venice, The Merry Wives of Windsor,
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing,
The Taming of the Shrew, The Two Gentlemen of Verona,
The Two Noble Kinsmen, Twelfth Night
Tragedies: Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar
Hamlet, Troilus and Cressida, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth,
Timon of Athens, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Cymbeline,
Histories: King John, Edward III, Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2
Henry V, Henry VI, Part 1, Henry VI, Part 2, Henry VI, Part 3
Richard IIIHenry VIII
Shakespearean Theatre 400
Shakespeare's Romances or tragicomic plays were
written late in his career and published originally
under either tragedy or comedy share some elements
of tragedy featuring a high status central character but
end happily like Shakespearean comedies. hundred
years after Shakespeare's death, scholar F.S. Boas
also coined a fourth category, Shakespearean
__________, for plays that don't fit neatly into a
single classification because of their subject matter,
setting, or ending. The classifications of certain
Shakespeare plays are still debated among scholars.
Shakespearean Theatre 500
What is a Shakespearean
Problem Play?
Shakespearean Theatre 500
Are used widely in Asian Theatre
Asian Theatre 100
What are masks?
Asian Theatre 100
•a type of theatre that includes music, dance and drama.
•Popularized by a man named “Zeami.”
•specifically means “skill” or “talent “
•Structured around singing and dancing
•Movement for dance is slow, language is poetic, tone is
monotonous and costumes are rich and heavy.
•Themes often relate to dreams, the supernatural, Ghosts
and spirits.
•Introduced in the 14th century.
Asian Theatre 200
What is Noh?
Asian Theatre 200
includes comic theatre and entertainment.
means "mad words" or "wild speech".
It is Expressed through art.
is performed to the music of the flute, drums and gong.
It was later known as sarugaku.
Introduced in the 8th century.
Asian Theatre 300
What is Kyogen?
Asian Theatre 300
Best known form of japanese theatre.
Famous for wild costumes and sword
fights. ( Used real swords )
First performance took place in 1603.
was performed in a modern, noisy way
to shock the audience.
combines music, drama, and dance
Asian Theatre 400
What is Kabuki?
Asian Theatre 400
Traditional puppet theatre of japan.
Used puppets that were half life sized. And operated by
three performers.
The puppeteers are involved in the procedure of
working with the limbs, eyelids, eyeballs, eyebrows
and mouths of the puppets by producing lifelike actions
and facial expressions.
Story is narrated by one person that does a variety of
voices for each puppet.
The stories are often themed as classic tragic love
stories, heroic legends and tales based on historical
events are popular.
Asian Theatre 500
What is Bunraku?
Asian Theatre 500
An improvised popular comedy in Italian
theaters in the ______________, based on
stock characters.
Actors adapted their comic dialogue and
action according to a few basic plots like
commonly love intrigues and to topical
issues.
Bonus point – provide start date
Commedia Del Arte 100
What is 16th – 18th ?
What is February 25th?
Commedia Del Arte 100
Name 2 of the other ways of
say Commedia Dell’Arte.
Commedia Del Arte 200
What is
Commedia Improvisa (Improvised Comedy)
Commedia Non Escrita(Unscripted Comedy)
Commedia A Mascara (Masked Comedy)
Commedia Dell’Arte Al’Improvisa
(Professional improvised comedy)?
Commedia Del Arte 200
Commedia Dell’Arte was the first
Theatre form to include ________
on Stage.
Commedia Del Arte 300
What are Women?
Commedia Del Arte 300
Commedia dell'arte originated in the
streets and markets of the early
Italian Renaissance, although it's
roots can be traced as far back as far
as Ancient Greek and Roman
Theatre. It was rooted in the use of
_________ Characters
Commedia Del Arte 400
What are Stock
Characters?
Commedia Del Arte 400
is a special rehearsed
routine that could be
inserted into the plays at
convenient points to
heighten the comedy
Commedia Del Arte 500
What is Lazzi?
Commedia Del Arte 500
Theatrical _______ was a general
movement in 19th-century theatre from
the time period of 1870-1960 that
developed a set of dramatic and
theatrical conventions with the aim of
bringing a greater fidelity of real life to
texts and performances.
African/Realism/Absurdism 100
What is Realism?
African/Realism/Absurdism 100
____________ was a modernist
movement, initially in poetry and
painting, originating in Germany at the
beginning of the 20th century. Its typical
trait is to present the world solely from a
subjective perspective, distorting it
radically for emotional effect in order to
evoke moods or ideas.
African/Realism/Absurdism 200
What is Expressionism?
African/Realism/Absurdism 200
This type of theatre does not used
the traditional plot structure. Instead
it is cyclical, random and requires
we question are purpose.
African/Realism/Absurdism 300
What is
Theatre of the Absurd?
African/Realism/Absurdism 300
The type of theatre was developed to
discuss the issues plaguing the
country, for example Apartheid. The
lesson were indirect making
commentary of the injustices in
society.
African/Realism/Absurdism 400
What is African Theatre?
Miscellaneous 400
The most significant American playwright to
have plays produced by the Theatre Guild was
__________ (1888-1953), with five of their
plays appearing at one time in New York
during the 1924-25 season. They helped
establish serious realistic Drama as the main
Broadway form. His Long Day’s Journey Into
Night and Desire Under The Elms are two of
their great dramas.
African/Realism/Absurdism 500
Who is Eugene O’Neill?
African/Realism/Absurdism 500
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